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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

THOMAS H. HOSKINGS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

MACHINE FOR THE APPLICATION OF MAN-POWER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 32,369, dated May 21, 1861.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. HosKiNGs, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Machine, which I denominate Hoskings Man-Power, a machine which is intended to facilitate the application of the power of a man to the production of rotary motion; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1, is a side View, and Fig. 2, a top view of said machine.

The main wheel A of my improved manpower communicates its motion to the pulley G, on the shaft D', in the following manner, viz: The main wheel A, communicates its motion directly to the small wheel B, on the shaft B; and the large wheel C, upon the shaft B', communicates its motion directly to the small wheel D, on the said.

shaft D. Power is applied to the main wheel A, of my improved man-power in the following manner, viz: The frame I, I, is suspended to the periphery of the main wheel A, by means of the curved arm H, which projects forward from its jointed connection with the said frame and is made `to take hold of the teeth of the said main wheel A, by means of the pawl L, which is jointed to the extremity of the said curved arm.

The shaft J, which is combined `with the suspended frame I, I, carries the toothedwheels K, K, and L, which are so arranged thereupon `that while the smaller central wheel L, gears into the teeth of the main wheel A, the wheels K, K, rotate on each side of the face of said driving wheel. The said frame I, I, also carries the shaft N, in

suitable bearings, which shaft carries two toothed wheels M, M, in such positions that they gear into the toothed-wheels K, K, on the shaft J, and the said shaft N, also carries upon its extremities the hand vdriving wheels P, P. The said frame I, I, also has a` platform Q, combined therewith in the manner represented in Fig. l; which platform is placed in such a position that a man standing thereupon can advantageously take hold of the driving wheels P, P. It will therefore be perceived that a man standing upon the platform Q, and exerting his combined strength and weight upon the wheels P, P, can elevate the frame I, I, to the position represented in Fig. l, provided aproper amount of resistance is at the same time ex- 'vention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Suspending the frame I, I, to the periphery of the main wheel A, when the said frame is combined with the platform Q, and with the gearing wheels M, M, K, K and L, and when the main wheel A, is connected with the pulley Gr, through a system of gearing wheels B, O and D, in the manner herein set forth. i

THOMAS I-I. HOSKINGS. Witnesses:

RANDOLPH CoYLE, J r., WILLIAM JAcoBUs. 

